wildflowers

Spring Wildflower Hike at Quail Hollow Sandhills

A California poppy in the sandhills at Quail Hollow Ranch. Note the yellow (not orange) color of the petals and the blue and pink tones in the foliage. Hilltromper photo.

April 23, 2013—The Santa Cruz Sandhills are worth all the fuss people make over them.

Waddell Creek Wildflower Hike

Indian paintbrush at Rancho del Oso in Big Basin State Park. Hilltromper photo.

April 23, 2013—When we asked wildflower photographer, musician and wild man Al Frisby where he’d go to see the blooming sights, Waddell Creek was the first place he mentioned. Since Frisby teaches photography and leads wildflower tours in the spring, we listened. A.k.a.

Spring Wildflower Hikes in Santa Cruz County

Yellow mountain dandelion near Panoche Valley. Photo by Al Frisby.

Four great places to see how spring has sprung.

Freeing My Inner Plant Geek

Inspecting the goods on a 2013 CNPS wildflower walk at Lucille's Court Meadow. Hilltromper photo.

An outing with CNPS yields rare treasures and loads o' Latin.

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